Installed Building Products, Inc. vs PULTEGROUP, INC., two Homebuilders stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where IBP and PHM diverge most: on revenue growth, IBP reads +0.4% and PHM reads -7.5%; on debt / equity, IBP reads 1.66 and PHM reads 0.00. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | IBP | PHM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $222.61 | $126.50 |
| Market cap | $6.0B | $24.1B |
| Sector | Homebuilders | Homebuilders |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 23.8 | 12.9 |
| P/B | 8.99 | 1.85 |
| P/S | 2.04 | 1.47 |
| EV/EBITDA | 15.0 | 202.0 |
| Revenue growth | +0.4% | -7.5% |
| Gross margin | 32.1% | — |
| Operating margin | 8.7% | — |
| Net margin | 8.7% | 11.6% |
| Return on equity | 38.2% | 14.7% |
| Return on assets | 11.4% | 10.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 15.6% | — |
| FCF yield | 5.2% | 6.3% |
| Dividend yield | 1.4% | 0.7% |
| Debt / equity | 1.66 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 3.35 | — |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.79 | 3.65 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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